Hepatitis B immunisation of infants at risk

A retrospective cohort review survey assessed hepatitis B immunisation uptake in at-risk infants over 4 years and a GP questionnaire identified the problems of poor communication and uncertainty of responsibility for immunisation as barriers to successful implementation of the immunisation programme. Incorporating appointments for hepatitis B immunisation within the national child immunisation recall system would help improve uptake but, in the meantime, a manual appointment system could be incorporated within existing child immunisation systems.